Column: Right royal hard work
It seems slightly at odds with our super-critical society that despite the sea of scepticism directed toward our royal family, virtually every little girl wants…
Column: Shot in the arm
Us British people are many things, but quaint is not necessarily one of them. However, on the subject of guns and gun control apparently…
Column: Style with a smile
A girl with hair in rollers watches on as police battle to calm a clash between white supremacists and anti-fascism protesters at Liverpool Lime Street…
Column: Forgetting
We would all like to forget some things in our lives. When we were at school, most of us studied history. This information usually came…
Column: A stiff drink (no ice)
As I write this #Watergate is reaching the end of the sixth day and the prospect of a fresh, unboiled, clean glass of finest tap…
Column: Two Emilys; a suffragette story
My little niece Emily knows her own mind when it comes to the battle of the sexes. ‘Girls are best,’ she told me with complete…
Purring at the Memory
It was bittersweet when my beloved ‘Cats’ mug fell apart last week – I’d kept it since the musical ran in Blackpool in 1989. But…
